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Tag: Thomas Merton

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Being Is Enough

22 Oct 20204 Nov 2020
         I had no business quitting my job. I was making exceptional connections with students and the greater community. The retreat program that I oversaw had seen a substantial increase in…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Undamning our Love

29 Aug 202031 Aug 2020
A point of clarity before you begin reading this essay. This essay's "origin story" is important to understanding the point, trajectory, and intent of this essay. Along with the Facebook…
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Liberation Christophany

25 Jan 20204 Nov 2020
A Christophanic Hermeneutics  The work of Raimon Panikkar cultivates a dynamism for the Christian faith that motivates all humanity to recognize the goodness that they already know deep within our…
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A Universal Embrace of Christophany

11 Dec 20194 Nov 2020
Imagine for a moment… standing atop a mountain after having spent the morning hiking to the summit and being overwhelmed by the clouds that envelope you at the peak. Imagine……
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A Doctrine of Original Love

5 Dec 20194 Nov 2020
Sitting in a quiet room of a retreat center tucked into the woods, men and women gather to hear three simple words, “You are loved.” As the words pour forth,…
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Cosmically Incarnated Christ

19 Sep 20194 Nov 2020
As a child I was not close with my father. Suffering from poor health and a heart attack that occurred early in my childhood, my father rarely had time for…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Lenten Eyes

3 Mar 20193 Mar 2019
With Lent and Ash Wednesday days ahead, and the liturgical season of Ordinary Time waning, I am reminded of my ego and the need for perspective.  Luke's Gospel today, invites…
Public Theology & Spirituality

I have a confession

3 Dec 20184 Nov 2020
As a Catholic, I have a confession to make: I have deliberately missed Mass on Sundays for the last several months. For some this may come as a shock. For…
Public Theology & Spirituality

A Devout Meditation in Memory of Donald J. Trump

12 Jul 20184 Nov 2020
In college, I took a course that covered a wide selection of Thomas Merton’s writings, one essay in particular, "A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann," I have not…
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Public Theology and Spirituality

11 Dec 201212 Dec 2019
So who is this blog post for? This blog post, in all honesty is for me. As I begrudgingly beginning to realize that my Xavier career is coming to close,…
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